bug#36502: Fwd: bug#36502: 27.0.50; infinite loop in file-name-case-insensitive-p

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>
> CC: "rms@gnu.org" <rms@gnu.org>, "dan@dpsutton.com" <dan@dpsutton.com>,
>       "36502@debbugs.gnu.org" <36502@debbugs.gnu.org>, "npostavs@gmail.com"
>       <npostavs@gmail.com>, "monnier@iro.umontreal.ca" 
> <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
>       "schwab@suse.de" <schwab@suse.de>, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 14:27:08 +0000
> 
> > Thanks.  The patch looks OK to me, but shouldn't we also make
> > file-name-absolute-p recognize "~foo" as non-absolute when there's no
> > user named "foo"?  I thought we agreed this is a discrepancy we don't
> > want.
> 
> I'm not sure.  The current behavior is longstanding and was explicitly 
> documented by Paul (added to the CC) in the last couple years.  Might there 
> be 
> some code that relies on this behavior?

I'd be surprised.  Paul, can you comment, please?